Jessica Fizwater ‘05

Major: Music / Focus: Violin / MD Teaching Certification
Current Position: Teaches elementary general music and directs the chorus and dance club at Oakdale Elementary in Ijamsville, MD. In May of 2010 she graduated with a M.S. in Educational Leadership from Hood College. By the end of summer 2011 Jessica will have completed all three Orff levels (through Peabody Conservatory and George Mason University) and be an Orff-Schulwerk Certified teacher.

St. Mary’s Projects

The St. Mary's project is a culminating undertaken in the senior year. All music graduates complete a St. Mary’s Project.
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After You Graduate – Music

Our music major graduates regularly go on to study at top graduate programs in performance, composition, musicology, or arts management, and then into interesting music careers. Students interested in education have entered our Masters in Teaching program and are working in schools throughout Maryland (and beyond). Others have found their own paths as instrument makers or technicians, self-employed music teachers, or combining making music on their own terms with employment outside of music.

As is typical with a good liberal arts college, our graduates have entered fields unrelated to music, sometimes because of having pursued double majors. Some recent double majors have been

Music and Art

Music and Economics

Music and Biology

Music and History

Music and Computer Science

Music and International Languages

No matter how students have participated in our music programs, as majors, double majors, minors, or non-majors, we hear from them, repeatedly, that they continue to live their lives deeply enriched by music.

We will work with you to help you find a way to follow your interests as far as you choose to take them.